Al Hurra reported Kataib Hezbollah didn't want to release reporter Shelly Kittleson it kidnapped in Baghdad but driver in incident arrested & divulged info Govt released 16 KH members in return musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/04/iran...

#Iraq's Kurds biggest victim of Iran War RKG said 703 drone/missile attacks vs Kurdistan 560 in Irbil 115 in Sulaymaniya 26 in Dohuk 2 in Halabja 17 dead 92 wounded musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/04/iran...

#Iraq Harakat al-Nujaba said it wouldn't disarm until missing Mahdi returned Rejection of govt's efforts to disarm Resistance War showed factions need to stay armed to protect Iran Valuable assets for Iraq to decentralize its defenses into other countries musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/04/iran...

3rd shipment of #Iraq fuel oil arrived in Syria Baghdad contracted to deliver 650,000 metric tons of fuel oil to Syria form Apr-Jun Important to keep Iraq's refineries going because have limited storage musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/04/iran...

No economic relief for #Iraq with ceasefire because after Israel attacked Lebanon Iran said Strait of Hormuz still closed Apr 5 Iran said Iraq exempt from blockade but nothing happened so far musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/04/iran...

Ceasefire in war brought sense of peace ot #Iraq Pro-Iran Resistance announced 2 week halt to operations vs US & MidEast musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/04/iran...

Musings On #Iraq Iran War Day 40: Ceasefire In Iraq But No Economic Relief With Strait Of Hormuz Still Closed musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/2026/04/iran...

#Iraq Apr 9 2022 Fmr Ninewa Gov Nujafi given 7 yrs in absentia for mismanaging public funds Used money to pay for his Ninewa Guards May 2015 parliament removed Nujafi as governor 2018 given 3 yrs for collaborating with Turkey musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-kazemi-...

#Iraq Apr 9 2015 Report VP Nujafi claimed population of Sunnis and Shiites was very close in number Claimed voting didn’t provide real numbers of Sunnis because of violence and boycotts musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Apr 9 2015 Dep head of Anbar council said Kataib Hezbollah and Peace Brigades had deployed to Shjariya, Anbar Hashd would later claim they were not in Anbar because of PM Abadi and US musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Apr 9 2015 Hashd spokesman denied stories Hashd looting in Tikrit Blamed tribes and individuals musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-abadi-g...

#Iraq Apr 9 2013 Integrity committee member said Central Bank of Iraq chief Shabibi not fired for corruption as Maliki govt claimed Said he was removed for turning down request for money by PM Maliki musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Apr 9 2013 Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi announced ISIS after victory taking Raqqa in Syria musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-insu...

#Iraq Apr 9 2013 Turkey said it was ready to build a pipeline for Kurdish oil exports musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-oil-...

#Iraq Apr 9 2012 Pres Barzani said that Baghdad was marginalizing Kurds within ISF and that F-16s could be used against KRG musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Apr 9 2012 ISF attacked nightclubs and alcohol shops in Baghdad and shut them down musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Apr 9 2011 Speaker Nujafi said there was no power sharing in Iraq and PM Maliki concentrating authority in his hands musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2nd-pm-mal...

#Iraq Apr 9 2008 Iraqi general complained Iran interfering in Basra by supporting Mahdi Army during Charge of Knights op musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/1-st-pmmal...

#Iraq Apr 9 2008 Fmr Under Sec Def Feith said Bush had good war plan but got bad advice from CIA State NSC that caused all the problems in Iraq Claimed CIA and State opposed Chalabi which screwed up postwar Iraq musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/1-st-pmmal...

#Iraq Apr 9 2007 Report militias burned Sunni neighborhoods in Babil Insurgents burned Sunni and Shiite homes in Diyala musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/1st-pm-mal...

#Iraq Apr 9 2007 1920 Revolution Brigades said ISI was killing civilians and other insurgents musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqi-insu...

#Iraq Apr 9 2006 Gen Newbold wrote in Time problems in Iraq due to “casualness and swagger” by Bush administration musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pm-jaafari...

#Iraq Apr 9 2004 200,000 Shiites and Sunnis rallied at Um al-Qura mosque in Baghdad against US occupation and in solidarity with Fallujah Shiites were followers of Sadr Um al-Qura mosque run by Harith al-Dhari of Association of Muslim Scholars musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/us-occupat...

#Iraq Apr 9 2004 Bremer ordered end to 1st Battle of Fallujah because of negative publicly and complaints by Iraqi politicians musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/us-occupat...

#Iraq Apr 9 2004 Human Rights Minister Abdul Turki resigned saying Battle of Fallujah was a violation of human rights 1 member of Iraqi Governing Council boycotted and two others threatened to resign over Battle of Fallujah musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/us-occupat...

#Iraq Apr 9 2003 US forces ordered Badr Brigade to disband but didn't musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2003-invas...

#Iraq Apr 9 2003 Chalabi on CNN criticized ORHA head Garner for not hiring INC people and said ORHA had done nothing for Iraqis musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/us-occupat...

#Iraq Apr 9 2003 VP Cheney said with a little investment Iraq could produce 2-3 mil/bar/day of oil by end of 2003 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2003-invas...

#Iraq Apr 9 2003 VP Cheney said Iraqi govt collapsing showed criticism of war was wrong musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2003-invas...

#Iraq Apr 9 2003 Kurdish Peshmerga seized Kirkuk US Special Forces and Peshmerga began attack upon Iraqis lines to move on Mosul musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2003-invas...

#Iraq Apr 9 2003 Baghdad fell Iraqis in Firdos Square pulled down Saddam statue with help of US Marines musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2003-invas...

#Iraq Apr 9 2003 Ali Hassan al-Majid left Baghdad Tried to organize tribes to fight US but refused musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2003-invas...

#iraq Apr 9 2003 Abu Dhabi TV showed Saddam at Adhamiya Baghdad urging crowd to fight invasion Saddam Qusay Uday left city that day musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/2003-invas...

#Iraq Apr 9 2002 State Dept started Future of Iraq project bringing together 240 Iraqi exiles to chart out post-Saddam Iraq musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#Iraq Apr 9 2001 NSC Counterterrorism chief Clarke and CIA Dir Tenet said US needed to focus on Al Qaeda Def Sec Rumsfeld said there were other sources of terrorism like Iraq and US should focus upon Saddam musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/pre-2003-i...

#Iraq Apr 9 1992 Ahmed Chalabi convicted of financial fraud in Jordan for his Petra Bank Chalabi claimed it was a political plot by Jordan and Iraq but his bank was mismanaged Made insider trades embezzled money and more musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/post-gulf-...

#Iraq Apr 9 1991 White House lawyers met Agriculture Dept official said that info on BNL bank and dept’s credit program would show govt didn’t regulate process which meant US money was used to arm Iraq before Gulf War musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/post-gulf-...

#Iraq Apr 9 1991 French Foreign Min said thank god Saddam crushed 91 uprising otherwise would have led to renewed Islamic fundamentalism in Iran and Gulf States musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-histo...

#Iraq Apr 9 1991 Saddam article Blamed 91 uprising on lack of unity and discipline in Iraq that allowed Iranian sectarianism to spread Blamed poor Shiites from south marshes that didn’t follow society or Islam for spreading sectarianism musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraq-histo...

#Iraq Apr 9 1990 Report Bush admin told Congress against sanctioning Iraq for WMD and nuclear bomb programs musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/iraqs-wmd-...

#Iraq Apr 9 1990 Bush told Saudi Amb Bandar that he didn’t understand Saddam’s threats unless he intended to attack Israel Saddam wanted to make sure his western flank was protected from any Israeli action before he decided to invade Kuwait musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/post-gulf-...

#Iraq Apr 9 1990 Saudi Amb to US Bandar told Pres Bush Saddam would not attack Israel but wanted guarantee that Israel would not attack Iraq musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/post-gulf-...

#Iraq Apr 9 1990 Saddam said Iraq’s weapons would only be used in self-defense after threatened Israel with retaliation for any moves vs Iraq musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/post-gulf-...

#iraq Apr 9 1987 Dawa attacked Saddam’s motorcade outside of Mosul to commemorate execution of Ayatollah Baqir al-Sadr musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#iraq Apr 9 1980 Saddam deported 9,700 Shiites claiming they were Iranians Later deported another 16,000 musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/saddams-ea...

#raqi Apr 9 1980 Ayatollah Mohammed Baqir al-Sadr and sister Bint al-Huda executed by Saddam Came after bombing of Mustansiriya Univ and Ayatollah Khomeini’s call for Iraqis to overthrow Saddam musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/saddams-ea...

#iraq Apr 9 1969 Jalal Talabani attempted to assassinate Mullah Mustafa Barzani musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#iraq Apr 9 1941 Germany and Italy made joint statement of support for PM Gaylani promising military and financial aid Statement to PM Gaylani encouraged him to confront UK musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#Iraq Apr 9 1941 German Foreign Min Ribbentrop was told Gaylani govt was pro-Axis and Germany working on getting it arms from region Ribbentrop okayed arms shipments to Iraq and sabotage in Iraq and region against UK musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...

#Iraq Apr 9 1922 Ikhwan invasion of south Iraq resolved by letters between Iraq and Saudis Ibn Saud apologized musingsoniraq.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_...